Railway-car



T. N. RUSSELL.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION min APR. 14, 1911.

Patented Nov. 16., 1920.

3 SHEETSSHEET I.

T. NJRUSSELL.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, I917.

T. N. RUSSELL. RAILWAY CAR.

APPLYCATION FILED APR. 14; 19]?- Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS N. RUSSELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CHICAGO-CLEVELAND CAR ROOFING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-CAR.

To all whom it may comer Be it known that I, THOMAS N. RUssELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawm s.

hly invention relates to -ailway cars and it has for its principal object the provision of new and improved car-end structure applicable to a new car in the course of being built or as a repair structure for an old car of either steel frame or wooden frame construction. In order to provide the proper rigidity of the end structure so as to render it capable of taking care of the stresses brought to bear upon it by the often repeated stopping and starting of the car, with the attendant shifting of the load or the tendency of the load to shift, I have used end-closure plates reaching from the top of the car to the bottom, such plates being provided with reinforcingribs pressed in vertical position therein for providing a, maximum strength. In order to provide the desired rigidity between the side edges of the car so as to pre-- vent the plates from bowing outward longitudinally of the car,1 have provided a flange at the upper end portions of the end-closure plates, such flange standing in horizontal, position being adapted to cooperate with the vertical strengthening ribs for reinforcing the car end structure. In addition to the horizontal flange, 1 have provided longitudinally-extending brace bars which brace the end-closure plates directly from the side plates and which also have a truss bracing effect. By the provision of means for bracing the several plates against bowing outward between the sides of the car and by the use of plates reaching from the top to the bottom of the car, such plates being provided with strengthening ribs, I have provided an end structure capable of resisting enormous stresses and capable of standing the wear and tear of ordinary use to very good advantage. It is another object of my invention to improve end structures for railway ears in sundry details hereinafter pointed out. The preferred means by which Ihave accomplished my several objects are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and'are hereinafter specifically described.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 16 1920.

Application filed April 14, 1917. Serial No. 162,157.

That which I believe to be new and desire to cover by this application is set forth in the claims. i

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view showing the end of a car-body embodying my improved construction, the roof of the car being omitted;

l ig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view, being a section taken on line 22.of Fig, 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail, being a horizontal sectional view taken on line 33 of lar to that of Fig. 1, but provided with an Qll(l( loor and Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7, but

showing a changed position of the enddoor.

leferring to Figs, 1 to 6 of the drawings, in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters,

15 indicates channel-irons extending 1ongitudinally of the car near its central longitudinal line. llxtending transversely of the channel-irons 15 at their ends is an angle-iron 16 (see Fig, 5) to which the side sills 17 andthe intermediate sills 18 are secured. Side sheathing boards 19 are secured at their lower ends to the side sills 17 and at their upper ends to side plates 20 which are suitably supported in position relative to the side sills 1'7. ing boards 21 are secured in position upon the sills 17-18 as will be readily understood.

The end-closure means: for the car comprises two sheet" metal plates 22-23 arranged side by side and secured together at their adjacent edges by means of a series of rivets 24. The end-closure plates 22-23 are secured to the angle-iron 16 bymeans of a series of rivets 25, and are secured to the sides of the carby means ofsuitable Suitable floorridge-pole 30 and purlins 31 by which the roof structure for the car is supported. By reason of the flanges 29 being horizontally disposed, such flanges are adapted to brace the end-closure plates against bowing outward betweenvthe sides of the car, and are adapted in coiiperation with. the strengthening ribs 28 of the end-closure plates to render the end structure very strong so as to be capable of "eliiciently resisting the heavy stresses brought to bear thereon.

For further bracing the end-closure plates against bowing outward longitudinally of the car, I have provided longitudinally-entending brace-bars 32 and 33 at each side of the car, such brace-bars being secured at their forward ends to the side plates 20 of the car by means of gussets 34. The gussets 34 are secured in position by means of vertically extending bolts 35 extending downward throu h the side plates 20 and also by means of? bolts 36 extending through the side plates 20 and through suitable vertical flanges 37 of said gussets. Each of the 1011- gitudinally-extending bars 32-433 is suitably secured by means of belts or rivets to the flange 29 of the end-closure plate at that side of the car as is best shown in Rig. 4. By reason of the triangular arrangement of the bars 32 and 33 relative to the flange 29, a virtual truss effect is attained, serving to render the bracing through the .32-33 very effective.

As is best shown in Figs. 1 and 5, a strikin'g casting 38 is connected to the ends of the channel-irons 15 and to the lower ends of the end-closure plates 22-23. A coupler 39 of any suitable type has its shank portions supported by an angle-bar 4C0 extend- 'ing1transversely of the striking casting its lowermost portion.

In Figs. 7 and S, vwhich show modified forms of construction, parts which correspond to the showing of Figs 1 to 6 are in (heated by the same reference clniracters, but with the addition of exponents a and (3. respectively. In the construction shown in Fig. 7 a door 41 is provided covering a door opening 42 cut in the adjacent edges of the end-closure plates 22 -423 near the lower edge of the plates, the inner two vertical strengthening ribs 28 being faded out a short distance above the door opening. In

resents the construction shown in Fig. 8, a door l3 is provided covering an opening a l in the adjacent edges of the end-closure plates 22"-23 near the upper edge otsaid plates, the inner two strengthening ribs 28 being faded out near the lower edge of the open in 44:. i Y

y the use of my improved arrangement of parts, employing vertically-extending strengthening ribs pressed in the end-closure plates, a very strong reinforcement is scoured against the action of a shifting load. By reason of the strengthening ribs 28 lee-- ing arranged relativeto the bracing and strengthening means at the top of the endclosure structure in such a manner as to provide a mutual reinforcement, and further by reason of the fact that the ribs 28 extend vertically, the strength of. the entire nurnber of ribs is brought to bear upon the load regardless of theheight or level in the car to which the load extends. The car is therefore peculiarly adapted for use with any type of shifting load whether such load be of exceedingly heavy material and eirtend upward only a short distance above the floor or oi comparatively light material and extend upward substantially to the roof.

/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a railwaycar, the combination of. an end-closure plate having a plurality of strengthening ribs pressed in vertical position therein, and a door closing an opening in said plate, one or more of the vertical strengthening ribs being faded out adjacent to'the edge or" the door opening while the remaining vertical strengthening ribs e'x-' tend substantially to the edge of'the endclosur'e plate. l

2. In a railway car, the combination of a plurality of end-closure plates arranged side by side transversely of the car and each having a plurality of strengthening ribs pressed in vertical position therein, means for connecting said end-closure plates together at their adjacent edges, and a door closing an opening in two adjacent plates, two adj acent strengthening ribs being faded outjadjacent to the edge of the door opening while the remaining vertical strengthening ribs extend substantially to the edge strengthening ribs pressed in vertical position therein extending substantially ircni the upper edge of said plate to the lower edge thereof, and a door closing an opening cut out of one side edge of said end-closure plate, said plate being provided with a Z short-er vertical strengthening rib extending substantially from the edge 01" said opening to the opposite edge of the plate.

4. In a railway ear, the combination of a out of the adjacent side edges of two of said 10 plurality of end-closure plates arranged plates between the vertical strengthening side by side transversely of the ear and each ribs therein each of said plates being prohaving a plurality of strengthening ribs \ided also with a shorter vertical strength pressed in vertical positiontherein extendening rib extending substantially from the ing substantially from the upper edge of the edge of said opening to the opposite edge 15 plate to the lower edge thereof, means for of the plate. connecting the adjacent edges of said plates together, and a door closing an opening cut THOMAS N. RUSSFIJ. 

